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Guinness book of world records, record for least Miss Marple in a Miss Marple book.

The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #4) by Agatha Christie

August 3, 2020 by narfna 1 Comment

This was fun, but it felt much less like a whodunit than I wanted it to, and Miss Marple came in late to the story even for Miss Marple. I think it may be a record of some sort, how little and how late she was in this book (and her parts were the best parts). Our narrator is actually Jerry Barton, a man who has moved to the small village of Lymstock on the advice of his doctor. Jerry is recovering from a plane […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery Tagged With: 1940s, agatha christie, miss marple, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, richard e. grant, the moving finger

narfna's CBR12 Review No:88 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: 1940s, agatha christie, miss marple, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, richard e. grant, the moving finger ·
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“One does see so much evil in a village,” murmured Miss Marple in an explanatory voice

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

March 21, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Body in the Library – In essence, this is the second of the Miss Marple mysteries. In fact, it’s the third, if you count a collection of short stories. I like the Miss Marple books so far because they are an argument in how to use a character in a mystery novel without over-exhausting or over-bearing the reader with repetition. This sometimes leads tv show versions of her to shoehorn in the character in places she doesn’t really belong, but in the novels, a […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: agatha christie, the body in the library, the moving finger

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:158 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: agatha christie, the body in the library, the moving finger ·
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